St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-08-20
MISCELLANEOUS.


you say ball game in his ear.
First Low Comedy-'I like thi
road much better than the b. & O.
Claudius." Tragedy-''Why SO. Hora
tio?" First Low Comedy-'.All thu
ties are planned on the upper side!'-
Puck
| "A Chicago man bought $50 in
cubator. put t25 worth Of eggs in it
and Matched out = bluebottle fly. HI
now brags of having the only 500 blue.
bottle dy in the country.-CIncinnas'
Times.
why don't you mend your
clothes?" asked . gentleman Of . very
weather-beaten tramp. ''Cos." Wa
the reply. 1--WE got it from the Scripter
that it don't pay to sew tears."-Wash-
sngton Critic.
The annual product Of butter in the
State Of Vermont is stated at p. 900. 900
pounds; Of maple sugar ut 10000, 600
pounds; Of wool at 5000. 600 pounds,
and of hay at 1000. 600 tons.-Fa,m,
Field and StOckman.
"A man in the western part Of Ne
braska. who has been bound ND in
wedlock only five months. has APP
piled for . divorce upon the singular
charge that his wife will not trim her
toenails. which he AYERS are of mon
strous size.-Dctrois Free Press.
When you ask . Georgia man how
far it is to the next plantation and he
answers that it is "a peek and right
smart screech." he is supposed to mean
that it is as far as you can see from
where you stand and then rs much far
Their as q strong voice can be heard.
"A Dubuque grocer named Scott
offered to let a woman named Taylor
strike him with a Goldfish for twenty
five cents. 1t was all joke. you know.
but she paid the money. gave the cod
fish a whirl or two, and when Il hit
grocer Scott it broke his jaw and tore
off part Of his ear.
In entering horse car it 10 not re-
allied by everybody that to occupy the
rear end Of the car while there is plenty
OF room ahead il . needless injury to
the horses. When the weight behind is
greater than that in the front Of the car
it makes drawing the load much harder
for the horses.
Some Mexicans were caught rob
bling freight car on . siding of the
Mexican Central . few days ago. and
the station agent telegraphcd to head
quarters as to how to proceed. The re-
ply was-'.Prosecute vigorously" He
replied to this with, Cant do it in this
case. a. they have been executed. but
will do SO in the nexL"-Wau Street
Nescs.
AT grand dinner a very needless
gentleman. who talked q great deal,
forgot that his neighbor, . young lady.
was unusually tall. and exclaimed Il
do not like big womenr' The lady bit
her lip; and the speaker. seeing he had
made bluader. and trying to repair it
AS CALAMITY IS possible, added: "when
they are young. MADAME Haren
Meacs.
"A builder in Newburg. N. r, who
is tearing down . building to make
room for . new one. is putting the old
brick and mortar of the building to a
novel use. He has contrived grind
ing machine. into which he feeds the
old brick and mortar. and it is ground
into powder. or rather into building
sand and cement, and the material will |
be used in setting brick in the new
Boston Globe.
Minneapolis thinks that It has the
fastest typesetter in the country. His
name is Min and he came from Sioux
City. He is known As the Missouri
River Rusher." but his experience. un-
til very recently. was confined wholly
to country newspapers. He was put
on case and worked seven successive
nights. FASTING up a string Of 1O1. 900
ems. This is an average Of IA. 428 ems
per night The work was on straight
matter. He can set 1000 ems per hour
with comparative ease.
1t was over twenty years ago when
little Caspar paid visit to the West
country with his mother. The chief
node OF locomotion, after pedals, was
n that section by lumber wagons. This
vas new and strange thing to the
10Y. and one stormy night. after he
vas in bed. while his mother was pre-
'sring to follow him. hearing long,
olling peal Of thunder. he exclaimed:
Why. mamma. does God ride in lum.
'er wagons. toos"-Babyhoed.
Magnolia metal" is an invention
which promises to secure that much
lesired result immunity from heated
ournals in running gear of all kinds
hot boxes" as they are called. 1t 10
secret composition Of lead. anthony.
&C., somewhat in the nature of the
7ell-known Rabbit metal" but has
TODD tests. both in testing machines.
nd in practice in engines working at .
Ugh velocity. much more severe than
ny other metal thus far made has been
bic to endure.-N =. Examiner.
Another new fashion in Philadel.
hia is the engagement dinner" at
rhich the father or nearest male rela-
We Of the lady usually makes the an
at the close of the diuner, I
nd pretty practice sometimes in {
ulged is for each guest to pick up .
over and throw it at the fiancee, who I
thus met with rose shower from all :
des OF the table. On this occasion, {
eports IN observer. 1.-The bridegroom
lect often kisses his mother-in-law
lect. and the father of the Benedict in {
arm kisses the fiancee."